On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:53:10 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Camaleón wrote:
>> Have you considered the computer may lack for system resources (such as >> RAM or CPU)? Todays DE (GNOME and KDE) are memory hungry, so couldn't >> be that your machine is very busy? :-? >> >> - What are your PII specs (RAM and CPU)? >> > 896 for RAM. For CPU, this is 350 Mhz, but it can do it! Are you sure? >:-) RAM is okay but CPU is a bit slow, bus limited, non-multithread, single core... >> - Try to start the system without X (just console) and check how it >> behaves >> > It does nothing. Exactly the same. The same cannot be :-) Without X you cannot reach the desktop, you should be at console and see nothing more than a black screen and a "login:_" prompt. >> - Run "top" to watch for high processes consumption of RAM and CPU >> > I can't! I don't have any access to a suitable console! Then you are still with X loaded. Try to boot in "init 1" (single user mode). I used to boot at "init 3" in openSUSE to get no X environment but dunno how can this be done in Debian :-? >> If non-GUI environment runs just fine and you still need a DE, think >> about switching into a lightweight GUI desktop. >> > It worked previously with another Debian Lenny, coupled with an older > kernel. No reason for it not to work anymore with a more recent one! Ok, ok, calm down :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.07.02.18.27...@gmail.com
